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Topic: waste
Definition:

  • any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
  • "they collect the waste once a week"
  • "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" useless or profitless activity
  • using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
  • "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"
  • "mindless dissipation of natural resources" the trait of wasting resources
  • "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"
  • "the wastefulness of missed opportunities" an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
  • "the barrens of central Africa"
  • "the trackless wastes of the desert" (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect spend thoughtlessly
  • throw away
  • "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"
  • "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" use inefficiently or inappropriately
  • "waste heat"
  • "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience" get rid of
  • "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer" run off as waste
  • "The water wastes back into the ocean" get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
  • "The mafia liquidated the informer"
  • "the double agent was neutralized" spend extravagantly
  • "waste not, want not" lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
  • "After her husband died, she just pined away" cause to grow thin or weak
  • "The treatment emaciated him" cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
  • "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" become physically weaker
  • "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" located in a dismal or remote area
  • desolate
  • "a desert island"
  • "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"
  • "a wild stretch of land"
  • "waste places"

    Related tag cloud:

  • recycling
  • environment
  • water
  • environmental
  • recycle
  • garbage
  • disposal
  • waste management
  • hazardous
  • landfill
  • management
  • trash
  • energy
  • pollution
  • refuse
  • wastewater
  • rubbish
  • treatment
  • sludge
  • uk
  • remediation
    • Resources:

    Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA )
    Environmental information including air pollution, hazardous waste, management, regulations, measuring, modeling, emissions, testing, monitoring, modeling, particulate matter, ozone, and brownfields
    http://www.awma.org/

    Waste Management, Inc.
    Serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers internationally through 313 landfills, 650 collection operations, 325 transfer stations, 150 recycling facilities, and 16 waste-to-energy plants.
    http://www.wm.com/

    Waste Watch
    News, information and programs from this group located in the United Kingdom
    http://www.wastewatch.org.uk

    Citizens Against Government Waste
    A 600,000 member, private, non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to educating Americans about the waste, mismanagement, and inefficiency in the federal government.
    http://www.cagw.org/

    Integrated Waste Management Board's Local Government Central
    Information and tools to help local governments reduce, reuse, recycle and cut the amount of garbage going to landfills.
    http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov

    Solid Waste Online
    Technology and product updates for professionals in the solid waste industry - information on manufacturing, technology, equipment, and supplies. Includes discussion forum, online chat, newsletter and software.
    http://www.solidwaste.com/